People and roles
Synonyms for witty
The synonym for witty recorded in this bank is humorous, in the sense "showing quick and inventive verbal humor". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for witty
- humorousadjective, in the sense "showing quick and inventive verbal humor"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for witty.
showing quick and inventive verbal humor
The witty host kept the dinner guests laughing all night.
The true synonym
humorous
Same sentence, swapped: The humorous host kept the dinner guests laughing all night.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot witty is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- serious
- shy
- clumsy
Where witty turns up in the game
witty is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where witty is the trap
- pungentadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is acrid, in the sense "strong and sharp", and witty is on the board beside it.
Play witty
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so witty reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other people and roles words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. witty carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.